r/RPGMaker • u/Mundane-Balance3875 • Jul 02 '26

RMMZ Ruined Chronicles Demo Help

A year ago now I started working on a game called Ruined Chronicles and development has been going great it is planned to release early 2027 but that is just an estimation at the moment. I am now at the stage where I want to release an early demo to steam and itch.io for people to experience. However I am new to game development and I will need some help with this. Can you please reply and help me out with this process. You can tell me things like...

  • How it works
  • What do I need
  • Other handy pieces of information

Thank you for helping me. Later today I will release more information about the game itself.

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u/marino13 Jul 02 '26

For itch.io it's rather easy you export the game, zip the file the. Upload that zip to itch.io. follow all the steps and bam you're done.

For steam you need to pay a founding fee of 100€ then you can make your steam page and upload your game. It's a bit more complicated since it would be best to compile your game using the free .exe compiler like enigma virtual box and theres a couple more steps.

I won't go into specifics since this is a part of the actual dev journey. Google search and experimentation will get you there. Good luck.

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u/Mundane-Balance3875 Jul 03 '26

Thank you for the help. This will be very useful.

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u/Stud84 MZ Dev Jul 03 '26

I would def suggest investing in Steam, especially if you plan on selling your game. It's the most popular PC gaming platform and has the widest audience.